AMC Theatres aim for digital sales with Fandango partnership
February 9, 2012AMC Theatres is adding all of its theaters in the United States to Fandango’s system to let consumers buy movie tickets across Fandango’s mobile services and Web site.
AMC Theatres is adding all of its theaters in the United States to Fandango’s system to let consumers buy movie tickets across Fandango’s mobile services and Web site.
Online food ordering site Seamless reports that 20 percent of its high-traffic orders came via mobile in 2011, showing that consumers are increasingly turning to their mobile device for quick orders.
Jos. A. Bank saw mobile traffic increase 3,000 percent on Black Friday compared to its daily traffic.
Starbucks has exceeded 26 million mobile transactions since the launch of its mobile payment program in January.
Twenty-two percent of Fandango’s sales for the “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1” movie came through mobile during opening weekend, setting a new mobile percentage record for the company.
EBay confirmed that 2011 will be its largest mobile shopping season to date with an expected $5 billion in mobile sales, driven in part by the holidays.
NEW YORK – A Magic Beans executive at the Mobile Shopping Fall conference said that 12 percent of all transactions done during the 2010 holiday season were done via its mobile application.
Fashion retailer New Look saw an increase in mobile sales of more than 500 percent after launching its commerce-enabled site in April.
Mobile is proving to be a key moviegoer choice with Fandango generating 20 percent of its summer movie tickets sales from the company’s mobile applications and optimized-site.
Fandango has sold 19 percent of all ticket sales for “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2,” which also broke records for top mobile movie ticket sales of all time.